Message from Indivisible:
Dear Reader,
Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE.
Let that sink in. A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an
authoritarian regime build up its secret police force. They’re choosing complicity over the artists, podcasters,
and fans who make Spotify what it is -- and when users and musicians called them out, Spotify’s first act was
doubling down.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make them listen.
We’re asking anyone who subscribes to Spotify Premium to cancel your subscription
until Spotify stops running ICE ads. Click
here to watch step-by-step instructions on how to cancel Spotify Premium.
When ABC/Disney capitulated to the Trump regime by silencing Jimmy Kimmel this year,
millions of paying customers spoke up by canceling their Disney+ subscriptions and putting off their Disney
vacations. It worked.
The same people-power that made ABC/Disney reverse course can work on
Spotify. Spotify needs its listeners and subscribers far more than it relies on advertisers. If enough
of us cancel our subscriptions, it’ll send a clear message that's too loud for Spotify to ignore.
To catch Spotify leaders’ attention and compel them to stop capitulating, we need to
move fast and in unison, so we’re asking anyone who can to cancel
your Spotify Premium subscription today.
Read on for more tools and info, including ways to join this fight even if you
aren’t a Spotify user!
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Spotify subscriber? How to leave them behind:
We
created a step-by-step video on how to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription, and since we understand
it’s tough losing your playlists and saved songs, we have resources to help make the transition to alternative
music services smooth:
After Spotify removes ICE ads and stops profiting from fascist propaganda, you may
re-subscribe to Spotify Premium at any time.
Cancel Spotify
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NOT a Spotify subscriber? How to take action:
If you're not a Spotify Premium subscriber, there’s still a meaningful place for you
in this campaign! Chances are high that you know someone -- a child, grandchild, friend, or social follower --
who uses Spotify Premium, and pushing your favorite artists and podcasters to speak out with us is also really
helpful.
Here's how you can make a difference if you don't subscribe to Spotify:
- Use
our pre-made social posts to support the Cancel Spotify campaign online. Post to all your favorite
social networks to raise awareness of Spotify’s complicity, our campaign, and how to cancel.
- Urge artists, podcasters, and labels to publicly denounce these ads and pressure Spotify leadership. If
you know anyone who creates music or content for Spotify, please reach out to them directly. If you don’t, use
social media to publicly call on your favorite artists to join the fight.
- Attend a peaceful protest outside Spotify offices*. We’ll share information on peaceful and nonviolent
protests as they are planned, and we encourage you to organize a peaceful protest of your own if Spotify has a
presence in your community.
Profit-driven media giants and their billionaire owners seem to think that going
along with the authoritarian Trump regime is the easy thing. They’re following the profits and painting it as
neutrality.
But in the face of an unjust regime, neutrality is complicity.
Please
join our campaign to send Spotify a message that power still belongs with the people. Don’t stream fascism.
Cancel Spotify.
See you soon,
Indivisible Team
*All events should be hosted on public property or in public spaces, such as
streets, sidewalks, or parks. Please follow all state and local guidelines.
